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Ebenezer Cemetery

Huntsville, Walker County

Marker Text

Along with Ebenezer Baptist Church, this cemetery organized in 1854 on land donated by Jonathan and Sarah McGary along a stagecoach road from Huntsville to Austin. Prominent Baptist minister J.W.D. Creath, representing the Southern Baptist Convention, organized the church. Richard Pace was the first pastor of the congregation and is buried here. The earliest marked grave in 1855 established this as a family cemetery. The congregation disbanded and the church reorganized in the West Sandy area. Among those buried here are first families and citizens of the Republic of Texas and veterans of conflicts dating to the Civil War. The Ebenezer Memorial Association, incorporated in 1986, continues to care for this family burial ground. Historic Texas Cemetery – 2005

Marker Details

Address SH 30
Location Description 4400 block SH 30, 8 mi. W of Huntsville and 0.8 mi. east of FM 2550, N side of the road
Marker # 13971
Dedicated 2007
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 30.690867, -95.671757

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